Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-12-01
PAv0R,NG THE TAX.
Address to the Voters of Sacramento City
Why 1t should Be Levied.

Association, make the fol-
lowing report:
TO the Voters Of Sacramento City: At
the approaching city election you will be f,
sked to vote upon a proposition to raj 20
By special tax the sum OF $4,000 r., be |
expended in the purchase of a site 8. III .he
thereon of a public rlarl,et.
as this proposition originate, 4 with the
Association, an1. has. after a
and repeated dis assion, secured
the approval of all who naye participated
therein, and as the association is thor
ouEhly convinced II the greet benefits,
di-ec. and indirect nat will beeecured to the
community by establishing such a market
at the proposeta site--it has been thought
advisable 10 issue an address setting forth
the considerations which have led the Asso-
citation 70 recommend sc large an outlay of
public finds
The shipment by rail of fresh fruit and
vegetables from California 10 Eastern points
is a business which has already reached
very large dimensions, and exhibits ten
deicv to expand indefinitely, promisingitO
become z principal branch of our external
Traffic and fostering an industry in which
q very large proportion of our population
is directly interested. Sacramento, by Tea-
son, Of It's situation and railroad connec
HOBS nus, u 10 t4e SitSSilt ti4iiS, DeGiI llll-
able 10 seeEre the bulk OF this business
but the facilities for the sale. handling and
trans-shipment of this class of product
already quate-threaten 10 become
more aud more insufficient as the business
increases, and unless this deficiency is
remed;ed there is danger of diversion of
large part of the traffic to other points,
whereas. by timely provision Of the facili-
ties required 10 meet its demands we can
not only maintain Our present supremacy,
| but draw to ourselves even larger proper
| ton of the trade than we now enjoy.
4 public market on the north side of l
street, extending from Third to Fifth
streets, convenient as it would be to the
| business portion of the city on one side, and
| the railroad tracks on the other, would af-
! ford the needed facilities. 1t would also
prove of great convenience to sellers and
| buyers CT all products of the field, orchard
! and vineyard.
For these reasons, which, for the sake of
brevity, we are compelled to set forth in
very general terms, il is the opinion of the
Improvement Association, and especially
of the committee OF business men who had
the matter under consideration, that the
establishment of such q market is in itself
and without reference to any indirect or
consequential adyautages-a sound and
economical business proposition that it
will result in gain more than equal to the
expenditure involved.
But great benefit incidental to the es-
Enlistment of the proposed market will be
the obliteration of the most unsightlv.
offensive and dangerous features of our
city.
China slough and that part OF Chinatown
which is most conspicuously visible from
the railroad depot compose the picture first
presented to the view OF every stranger that
comes among US. and he carries away with
him the impression of our city which
su CHI picture is calculated to produce.
We, ourselves, TO whom the sight and
| the smell have long been familiar, have
come to regard them with comparative in
| difference, but it is not SO with those who
come among US as strangers. To them the
| heaps of rubbish, litter and garbage accu-
mulated on the banks of the slough and
| around the rickety and tumble down shan
| ties of Chinatown, and the reeking cesspool
| of the slough itself foul with every sort of
contamination, are not only disgusting
they are horrlfying: for it can readily be
| seen, that offensive as they are 10 the senses,
| these accumulations of filth are even more
a menace to our health and safety. They
| are nothing less than n hot-bed for the pro-
pagation and dissemination of any pesti-
| lential disease that may happen to secure a
| foothold among US, besides being of seri-
Gus detriment to the health of all residents
| of the vicinity and of the large number OF
employees at the railroad shops, whose
ayocatons necessarily expose them TO the
noxious emanations of China Slough dur
ing every working day.
If the proposal to condemn and improve
| the eight lots on the north side of |, be-
tween Third and Fifth streets is carried
into effect, the first result will be the re-
| moyal of the two long rows of Chinese
tenements, the rear of which is now pre-
scented in full view to every Eastern arri-
val. The next result will be that the slough
no longer receiving the filth from the deni-
zens OF these Cnwholesome and crowded
| tenements, Will become comparatively
clean and inoifensiYe, even if it is allowed
to remain untitled. But we have the assur-
ance that when these lots become the prop
erty of the city, and the city will under
take her share of The work, the railroad
company will fill the portion of the slough
belonging TO it. So that between the city
and the railroad company the whole of it
| viii be reclaimed and improved
These are the arguments IN favor of the
proposition. The only objection we have
| heard to ii is the cost, and increase of taxa
ton involved in it.
The Improvement Association has not
been unmindful of this obligation To raise
the sum required will necessitate the addi-
ton of 90 cents on the 800 to the tax lew.
which means the addition of So taxes on
every 81 900 assessed valuations of prop
| erty. And as the Association is composed
of taxpayers they fully appreciate the sac
ritice involved in carrying ont their plan.
| But they are convinced that the moral and
material advantages reasonably to be ex-
pected from the measure will far more than
repay the cost. So as far as our informa-
! tOn tho larrcr Ia -,
OF the proposition. But it is asserted that
the smaller property holders are against it.
We sincerely hope this is not So or at least
that when the matter has been fairly and
more fully considered it will cease to be so.
Laboring men and mechanics are especi-
ally interested in any measure which in
wolves additional work and opportunities
for employment and certainly this does,
and all OF us are interested in preserv-
ing the health and good name of the city
where our lot is cast
We have heard it insinuated that lob
IS covered up in this proposition, consist
| ing in scheme 10 pay fancy prices to the
various lot owners on the proposed site.
SO far from such a scheme being in
tended, the design of the Association and
the city authorities is to proceed to con-
denim the site as for public use, and TO
get the lots at the lowest sum for which
they can be appraised.
The lowest valuation put upon the eight
lots is $4,000 but it is anticipated that
| they will cost more than that figure, ex-
| elusive of the necessary costs of the pro-
| ceeding. The filling in of the lots is esti-
mated at from ten to twenty-f five thousand
dollars, according SIS it shall be done BY
| steam dredgers or by teams.
1t is hoped that the cost and reclamation
| of the site may fall within $4,000, SO that
| $4,000 may he left for the construction of
necessary buildings.
Finally, il is certain that the money ex-
pended in the purchase and Improvement
OF these lots would in no event be lost
The property would always be worth its
!; cost, and probably much more than its cost
! in very few years
! SHERIFFS SALE.-UNDER AND BY VIRTUE
| - of an order of sale issued out OF the honor
| able superior Court of the State of California
| held in and for the county of Sacramento on
| the 18th day of OCTOBER, A. d. 1857 on g jldg-
| ment and decree OF said Court. entered therein
| on the 18th day OF June, A. u. 1885, in the suit
OF l. C. Chandler, plaintiff, versus ne Peoples
| savings Bank Ct al, defendants and Margart t
/ P0ormsn, interveRoC defendant wherein i am
| commanded to sell * public auction sufficient
OF the mortgaged premises therein described to
| make the sum OF $50 81, and the aecruins
| costs herein, and to rsv the same tn said inf